Buoys, United States Coast Guard photo
(July 20)--A set of inland coast buoys. USCG photo by GILLESPIE, TOM PAC
AIDS TO NAVIGATION - U.S. Coast guard photo
Astoria, OR (July 3)--The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Cowslip hauls in a buoy for repairs and maintenance. USCG photo by RESSLER, ROBIN PA2
AIDS TO NAVIGATION - U.S. Coast guard photo
Astoria, OR (July 6)--A crewmember from the Coast Guard Cutter Cowslip (WLB 277) adds a last touch by lashing a line around a chiain to secure it. USCG photo by KALNBACH, CHUCK PA1
COAST GUARD CUTTER RED CEDAR (WLM 688)
Upper Potomac River (Dec. 1)--Coast Guard Cutter Red Cedar (WLM 688). USCG photo by SANTOS, DAVID PA2
AIDS TO NAVIGATION - U.S. Coast guard photo
Honolulu, HI (Dec. 9 ) -- BM3 John Bannon and BM1 Mike Pollack replaces the safewater top-mark assembly of the 18,000-lb. Hotel buoy off Honolulu Harbor. Serviced bi-annually, the 35-ft. safewater buoy is the l... More
US COAST GUARD MISSIONS DAY
LOS ANGELES, Calif. (Dec. 7)--A crew member from the Coast Guard Cutter George Cobb demonstrates how an Aid is maintained during the Coast Guard Missions Day hosted by Marine Safety Office-Group Los Angeles-Lon... More
49-foot buoy tender - U.S. Coast guard photo
MUSKEGON, Mich. (Sept. 18,)--Coast Guard Station Muskegon, Michigan conducts aids to navigation operations on the Great Lakes. The station has a 49-foot buoy tender that has a rear mounted crane to perform ATO... More
ANTARCTIC ICE BREAKING, US Coast Guard Photo
MCMURDO STATION, Antarctica (Jan. 9)--A rare site is this one of the Coast Guard Cutter's Polar Star (WAGB 10) (foreground) working the ship channel and the cutter Polar Sea (WAGB 11) (background) working the t... More
COAST GUARD CUTTER KATHERINE WALKER
KINGSTON, New York (Jan. 24, 2003)--Coast Guard Cutter Katherine Walker cuts a path through the ice filled Hudson River near the Kingston-Rhinecliff Bridge in Kingston, N.Y. Jan. 24, 2003. The Coast Guard has ... More
US COAST GUARD HURRICANE FRANCES
JACKSONVILE, Fla. (Sept, 8, 2004)--Seaman John Alexander from Aides to Navigation Team Tybee checks and makes necessary repairs to a dayboard in Ponce De Leon Inlet, Fla., that was damaged by Hurricane Frances.... More
Coast Guard Cutter Elderberry crewmembers load a buoy
Coast Guard Cutter Elderberry crewmembers load a buoy into the cutter’s boat from a Juneau, Alaska, floating pier April 1, 2015. Due to the hazards of the narrow Gastineau Channel, the crew used their cutter’s ... More
Coast Guard Cutter Hollyhock prepares for Operation Spring Restore
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Hollyhock prepares to moor in Detroit, March 21, 2017, in preparation for Operation Spring Restore. Hollyhock was one of six cutters and multiple shore units tasked with aids-to-navigati... More
Chief Petty Officer Spencer Greer, a boatswain's mate
Chief Petty Officer Spencer Greer, a boatswain's mate aboard the Coast Gaurd Cutter Fir, a 225-foot seagoing buoy tender homeported in Astoria, Ore., tosses a line over the rim of the 35-foot tall 9-foot wide b... More
A crewmember aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Harry Claiborne,
A crewmember aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Harry Claiborne, a 175-foot coastal buoy tender, checks the light fixture atop a buoy near Galveston, Texas, Aug. 31, 2017. The Coast Guard partners with local Emergen... More
Petty Officer 1st Class Jason Lisner, private aids
Petty Officer 1st Class Jason Lisner, private aids to navigation specialist, 9th Coast Guard District Department of Prevention, inspects aids to navigation folders in his office in Cleveland, July 29, 2013. All... More
A 49-foot Buoy Utility Stern Loading (BUSL) boat crew
A 49-foot Buoy Utility Stern Loading (BUSL) boat crew from Aids to Navigation Team Southwest Harbor performs maintenance on a buoy, Thursday, Aug. 31, 2017 near Southwest Harbor, Maine. The ANT Southwest Harbor... More
Petty Officer 3rd Class John Lietart, a machinery technician
Petty Officer 3rd Class John Lietart, a machinery technician aboard the USCGC Sequoia (WLB-215), splits the split key to secure the pin in a shackle while working Apra Outer Harbor Entrance Lighted Buoy No. 1 (... More
Chief Warrant Officer Jeffrey Ritter, 1st Lt. aboard
Chief Warrant Officer Jeffrey Ritter, 1st Lt. aboard Coast Guard Cutter Sycamore, supervises the launch of a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association weather buoy near the Hinchinbrook Entrance to Prince Wi... More
AIDS TO NAVIGATION - US Coast Guard photo
A nun buoy is prepared to be put on station. A series of steps take place from placing the buoy in position, dropping the weight and then the buoy. The two major classes of buoys used in the Coast Guard are O... More
AIDS TO NAVIGATION - US Coast Guard photo
A nun buoy is prepared to be put on station. A series of steps take place from placing the buoy in position, dropping the weight and then the buoy. The two major classes of buoys used in the Coast Guard are O... More
US COAST GUARD WAYWARD BUOY NEW JERSEY
ATLANTIC CITY, New Jersey ( April 8, 2005)--A member of Coast Guard Aids to Navigation Team Cape May, NJ, hooks a wayward Icehole buoy to the hovering Dolphin helicopter from Coast Guard Airstation Atlantic Cit... More
United States Coast Guard photo - Buoy work
PORTE DES MORTS PASSAGE, Wis. -- Seaman Bruce Cobb of Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw disables a light-emitting diode (LED) on an aid to navigation after it is secured on Mackinaw's buoy deck, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2008... More
United States Coast Guard photo - Buoy work
PORTE DES MORTS PASSAGE, Wis. -- Members of deck force onboard Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw secure an aid to navigation on the buoy deck, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2008. Mackinaw is replacing seasonal aids to navigation ... More
US COAST GUARD Jetty repair, San Diego, California
Two crew members from Aids to Navigation Team (ANT) San Diego, were transported to the Zuniga Jetty light 'Zulu' at the entrance of San Diego Bay by a MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter to conduct repairs, Thursday Feb. ... More
Seaman Josh Nicholson, a deckhand on the Coast Guard
Seaman Josh Nicholson, a deckhand on the Coast Guard Cutter Walnut (WLB 205), uses a torch to heat a shackle pin for a buoy chain while off Oahu, Hawaii, March 7, 2019. The crew of the Walnut brought the buoy o... More
USCGC Bluebell (WLI-313) begins to work on a buoy in
USCGC Bluebell (WLI-313) begins to work on a buoy in the Columbia River near Astoria, Oregon, on July 14, 2020. The Bluebell turned 75-years old earlier in the year, making her the second oldest cutter in the C... More
Capt. Paul Mehler III, commander, Coast Guard Sector
Capt. Paul Mehler III, commander, Coast Guard Sector Anchorage, accepts Chief Warrant Officer Christopher Harward's relief of command by Chief Petty Officer Shaun Wunch at a change of command ceremony for Aids ... More
Station and Aids-to-Navigation Team Two Rivers’, Michigan
Station and Aids-to-Navigation Team Two Rivers’, Michigan crew loads gear and divers near Plum Island in Porte Des Morts Passage in Lake Michigan, Aug. 26, 2015. Station and Aids-to-Navigation Team Two Rivers,... More
The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter SPAR remove a net
The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter SPAR remove a net from a beach on Saint Paul Island, Alaska, June 28, 2019. The crew worked directly with local tribal conservation office staff, who initially located the ne... More
Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Shyanne Leutu,
Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Shyanne Leutu, boatswain’s mate aboard Coast Guard Cutter Frank Drew in Portsmouth, Virginia, organizes nautical charts on the ship, July 7, 2020. Leutu is one of the crew me... More
Chief Warrant Officer Hari Colton, a buoy deck supervisor
Chief Warrant Officer Hari Colton, a buoy deck supervisor aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Walnut (WLB 205), boards the cutter prior to it departing from Honolulu for the final time, Jan. 14, 2019. The crew was tr... More
The crew aboard the Coast Guard Cutter SPAR waits in
The crew aboard the Coast Guard Cutter SPAR waits in port at Base Kodiak, Alaska, Feb. 15, 2018. The SPAR is a 225-foot ocean-going buoy tender, and the crews' mission is to tend aids to navigation from Kodiak ... More
Chief Warrant Officer Michael Tomasi, left, Capt. Mark
Chief Warrant Officer Michael Tomasi, left, Capt. Mark Vlaun, middle, and Chief Warrant Officer Michael Brandt, right, pose for a group photo July 26, 2019, during the Coast Guard Cutter Maria Bray's change of ... More
AIDS TO NAVIGATION - U.S. Coast guard photo
Long Island Sound, NY (Dec. 1993)--BM2 Gary Chalker, BMC Nolda and SA Beaudiion recharge the Kimberly Reef buoy on Long Island Sound. U. S. COAST GUARD PHOTO
AIDS TO NAVIGATION - U.S. Coast guard photo
Kodiak, AK (Jan. 4)--BM3 Steve Christy of the Coast Guard Cutter Firebrush (WLB 393) scrapes a buoy that was just plucked from the Women's Bay just west of Kodiak. USCG photo by PA2 Keith Alholm
AIDS TO NAVIGATION - U.S. Coast guard photo
JACKSONVILE, Fla. (Sept. 8, 2004)--Crewmembers from Aids to Navigation Teams Georgetown and Jacksonville replace dayboards damaged by hurricane Frances near St. Simons Island, Ga. USCG photo by PA2 Scott Reaver
AIDS TO NAVIGATION - U.S. Coast guard photo
JACKSONVILE, Fla. (Sept. 24, 2004)--Crew members of the CGC Maria Bray, a 175-foot coastal buoy tender based out of Mayport, Fla., work to bring a buoy on deck that weights over 15, 000 pounds June 24, 2004. ... More
Coast Guard Cutter Walnut (WLB 205) conducts ATON off Oahu
The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Walnut (WLB 205) conducted aids to navigation work on the H buoy off Honolulu, Dec. 4, 2017. These red and white buoys mark safe water all around and weigh around 18,000 pounds. ... More
The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Bluebell has arranged
The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Bluebell has arranged the deck in preparation for setting a mooring buoy at Tongue Point, in Astoria, Ore., October 30, 2018. The mooring buoy is planned to be made available ... More
The bridge crew aboard the Coast Guard Cutter SPAR
The bridge crew aboard the Coast Guard Cutter SPAR observes the Coast Guard Cutter Munro, moored at the Coast Guard Base Kodiak cargo pier, as they depart Womens Bay to conduct aids to navigation work near Kodi... More
During the 2014 Coast Guard Sector Jacksonville Cutter
During the 2014 Coast Guard Sector Jacksonville Cutter Roundup, cutter crews compete against each other in the Volleyball Challenge Thursday, May 1, 2014, in Mayport, Fla. Crews from the cutters Kingfisher, Mar... More
While servicing a buoy in Tampa Bay, Fla., Petty Officer
While servicing a buoy in Tampa Bay, Fla., Petty Officer 2nd Class Peters, a buoy deck supervisor, gives directions to fellow crew members aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Joshua Appleby, home-ported in Sector St.... More
An aircrew aboard a U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter,
An aircrew aboard a U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter, from Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., prepares to take the load of a 14,000 pound buoy that washed ashore just south of the entrance to Tillamook Bay, in ... More
Petty Officer 2nd Class Christopher Mendez Lopez, crane
Petty Officer 2nd Class Christopher Mendez Lopez, crane operator aboard Coast Guard Cutter Sycamore, gives the signal that he is ready for a buoy launching operation at the Hinchinbrook Entrance to Prince Willi... More
A 45-foot Response Boat-Medium boat crew from Station
A 45-foot Response Boat-Medium boat crew from Station St. Petersburg, Florida, rescues two men clinging to a range light in Tampa Bay, Florida, Monday, July 31, 2017. The brothers were forced to cling to the na... More
Petty Officer 2nd Class Matthew Villanueva (center),
Petty Officer 2nd Class Matthew Villanueva (center), boatwain’s mate, Coast Guard Cutter Henry Blake, accepts a plaque on behalf of his unit in a ceremony held at Coast Guard Station Juneau, Alaska, Aug. 23, 20... More
Seaman Pierce Overbeeke, assigned to Aids to Navigation
Seaman Pierce Overbeeke, assigned to Aids to Navigation Team Kennewick, Wash., counts the flashes of a light on an aid to navigation along the Snake River in eastern Washington, Sept. 23, 2014. The crew members... More
Seaman Apprentice Samuel Beck tightens down on a chain
Seaman Apprentice Samuel Beck tightens down on a chain being used to secure equipment aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Sledge as the crew prepares to get underway from the Coast Guard Yard in Curtis Bay, Md., Tues... More
Buoys, United States Coast Guard photo
(July 20)--A set of inland coast buoys. USCG photo by GILLESPIE, TOM PAC
US COAST GUARD HH60J HELICOPTER
An HH60J helicopter lands on the helopad of an offshore aid. The HH-60J Jayhawk is a medium-range recovery helicopter. The HH-60J is used to perform search and rescue, law enforcement, military readiness, and m... More
AIDS TO NAVIGATION - U.S. Coast guard photo
Honolulu, HI (Dec. 9 ) -- SN Bill Nolen steadies the anvil for SN Brian Grebe, Coast Guard Cutter Walnut (WLB 205), who uses a blow torch to heat the pin on a buoy chain shackle. Serviced bi-annually, the 35-ft... More
BUSL BUOY TENDER - U.S. Coast guard photo
CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Sept. 19)--A 49-foot stern-loading buoy tender, better known as a BUSL, sits moored at Coast Guard Base Charleston. USCG photo by Telfair H. Brown, Sr.
AIDS TO NAVIGATION - U.S. Coast guard photo
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (Aug. 9, 2004)--Petty Officer 3rd Class Coy Whitener (BM3) uses hand signals to assist the crane operator on board a 49 foot buoy utility back loading boat (BUSL) safely lower a buoy that hel... More
Flooding ^ Hurricane/Tropical Storm - St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands, A...
The original database describes this as: Title: U.S. Coast Guard station Charlotte Amalie preparing for safety patrol after Earl Production Date: 08/31/2010 Caption: St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands, August 31,... More
Coast Guard Cutter sets seasonal buoys in upper Chesapeake Bay
BALTIMORE - Crewmembers of the Coast Guard Cutter James Rankin, a 175-foot buoy tender homeported at the Coast Guard Yard in Curtis Bay, Md., prepare to set a seasonal winter buoy, Nov. 29, 2010. Conducting buo... More
Sycamore Drydock Ketchikan, Alaska
KETCHIKAN, Alaska - Maintenance work is conducted on the Coast Guard Cutter Sycamore in drydock in Ketchikan March 13, 2012. The 225-foot Cordova-based cutter is scheduled to be underway again soon and will con... More
Petty Officer 3rd Class Jacob Machala, from Aids to
Petty Officer 3rd Class Jacob Machala, from Aids to Navigation Team Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., drives a utility vehicle through a marsh on Nebish Island, Mich., as he and his team head toward the West Nebish Down... More
After prepping charts for upcoming operations Petty
After prepping charts for upcoming operations Petty Officer 1st Class Silvestre Suga, a boatswain’s mate from Ewa Beach, Hawaii, discusses shipboard life with visitors during an open house aboard the U.S. Coast... More
Fireman Abby Hamann stands on an aids to navigation
Fireman Abby Hamann stands on an aids to navigation beacon along the Snake River in eastern Washington as she and Petty Officer 3rd Class Sean Childers check the condition and functionality of the aid Sept. 23,... More
A Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Coast
A Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station San Deigo transports parts of a new navigational aid to the Anaheim Bay East Jetty Light 6, at Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach, Californ... More
Crewmembers aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Bluebell
Crewmembers aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Bluebell use a sledge hammer to affix a shackle in place as they prepare to set a mooring buoy at Tongue Point, in Astoria, Ore., October 30, 2018. The shackle attaches... More
A 49-foot Buoy Utility Stern Loading (BUSL) boat crew
A 49-foot Buoy Utility Stern Loading (BUSL) boat crew from Aids to Navigation Team Southwest Harbor performs maintenance on a buoy, Thursday, Aug. 31, 2017 near Southwest Harbor, Maine. The ANT Southwest Harbor... More
The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Walnut (WLB 205)
The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Walnut (WLB 205) gathers to meet Rear Adm. Kevin Lunday, commander, Coast Guard 14th District, prior to departing Honolulu for the final time, Jan. 14, 2019. The Walnut is set... More
A Coast Guard Sector San Diego MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter
A Coast Guard Sector San Diego MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew transport part of an aid to navigation in Oceanside, Calif., June 25, 2014. The aircrew worked with Coast Guard Aids to Navigation Team San Diego and... More
Crew aboard the Coast Guard cutter Mobile Bay, a 140-foot
Crew aboard the Coast Guard cutter Mobile Bay, a 140-foot icebreaking tug, retrieve multiple sinkers and flooded buoys Aug. 24, 2015, at Gravely Shoal buoy 4 in Lake Michigan. Mobile Bay crews worked with Stati... More
Ensign Peter Driscoll navigates the USCGC Sequoia (WLB-215)
Ensign Peter Driscoll navigates the USCGC Sequoia (WLB-215) away from the pier in Apra Harbor, Guam, in preparation to work Apra Outer Harbor Entrance Lighted Buoy No. 1 (LLNR 30690), Aug. 26, 2016. The Sequoia... More
Seaman Robert Stocks, from Aids to Navigation Team
Seaman Robert Stocks, from Aids to Navigation Team Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., secures the final piece of the West Nebish Downbound Upper Range Rear Dayboard on Nebish Island, Mich., June 5, 2014. ATON team Sault ... More
AIDS TO NAVIGATION - U.S. Coast guard photo
Astoria, OR (July 6)--A crewmember from the Coast Guard Cutter Cowslip (WLB 277) struggles to place a huge hook to secure a buoy just placed on deck. USCG photo by KALNBACH, CHUCK PA1
COAST GUARD CUTTER RED CEDAR (WLM 688)
Upper Potomac River (Dec. 1)--Coast Guard Cutter Red Cedar (WLM 688). USCG photo by SANTOS, DAVID PA2
United States Coast Guard photo - CUTTER KUKUI
AT SEA--Coast Guard Cutter Kukui crewmembers remove the taglines attaching a pile of debris to the crane that just lifted it on the ship's buoy deck. The debris was then pulled by hand into piles and secured fo... More
AIDS TO NAVIGATION - U.S. Coast guard photo
Honolulu, HI (Dec. 9) -- Coast Guard Cutter Walnut (WLB 205) deck crew paints the 18,000-lb. Hotel buoy. After eight hours of labor which included surfacing, painting, replacing two-60-lb. batteries and solar p... More
Coast Guard Cutter Smilax crews maintain aids to navigations
Coast Guard Cutter Smilax crews maintain aids to navigations in waterways near Fort Macon, North Carolina on Oct. 7, 2019. The Smilax holds the title "Queen of the Fleet," designating it as the oldest commissio... More
AIDS TO NAVIGATION - U.S. Coast guard photo
PORTSMOUTH, Va. (June 22, 2005)--BM3 Roscoe Deel cleans a buoy on the deck of the cutter Frank Drew. The crew of the keeper class buoy tender service the 381 aides to navigation in the second largest commercial... More
US COAST GUARD TEAM WORK, Newport, Rhode Island
NEWPORT, R.I. (Aug. 8, 2005) Coast Guard Aids to Navigation units participated in an aids to navigation rodeo. Crews from the Coast Guard Cutters' Marcus Hanna, Morro Bay, Abbie Burgess, Ida Lewis, Juniper and... More
USCGC Bristol Bay transits Detroit River
The Coast Guard Cutter Bristol Bay, a 140-foot ice-breaking tug, approaches the Detroit and Windsor, Ontario skylines as it transits down the Detroit River, Nov. 26, 2012. The Bristol Bay is underway to remove ... More
A Coast Guard Auxiliary boatcrew is ready to assist
A Coast Guard Auxiliary boatcrew is ready to assist the Coast Guard Aids to Navigation Team San Diego crew on the nearby jetty to repair an aid to navigation in Oceanside Harbor, Calif., June 25, 2014. The aid ... More
Crew members from Aids to Navigation Team Moriches
Crew members from Aids to Navigation Team Moriches prepare a tower to be hoisted by a MH-60 Jayhawk Helicopter crew from Air Station Cape Cod, Mass., at the Point Lookout Town Park in Point Lookout, New York, A... More
Crew members from Aids to Navigation Team Moriches
Crew members from Aids to Navigation Team Moriches prepare a tower to be hoisted by a MH-60 Jayhawk Helicopter crew from Air Station Cape Cod, Massachusetts at the Point Lookout Town Park in Point Lookout, New ... More
Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Daniel Schoonover
Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Daniel Schoonover and Petty Officer 3rd Class Kelly Yost, crewmembers stationed at Aids to Navigation Team Puget Sound, in Seattle, replace reflective tape on a buoy while se... More
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter James Rankin crewmembers remove
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter James Rankin crewmembers remove the Francis Scott Key buoy from the Patapsco River in Baltimore to prepare for the winter season, Dec. 3, 2018. The specially designed buoy marks the spot... More
A Coast Guard Cutter Walnut (WLB 205) crewmember cleans
A Coast Guard Cutter Walnut (WLB 205) crewmember cleans a buoy off Oahu, Hawaii, March 7, 2019. The cutter is responsible for maintaining many of the Aids to Navigation around the Hawaiian Islands. (U.S. Coast ... More
Crew members from Canadian coast guard ship Bartlett
Crew members from Canadian coast guard ship Bartlett participate in tug of war in front of U.S. Coast Guard Station Juneau, Alaska, Aug. 21, 2019. The team from the Bartlett took 3rd place in the tug of war eve... More
The Coast Guard Cutter Appleby (WLM-556) crew prepare
The Coast Guard Cutter Appleby (WLM-556) crew prepare to embark a buoy to conduct maintenance near Port Everglades, Florida, Aug. 4, 2020. The cutter Joshua Appleby tended to three aids to navigation near Port ... More
NEW YORK – Buoy parts are moved around by crane on
NEW YORK – Buoy parts are moved around by crane on the deck of Coast Guard Cutter Katherine Walker as they were moored at Naval Weapons Station Earle in Leonardo, New Jersey, on March 1, 2017. These new buoys w... More
NEW YORK – Coast Guard Cutter Katherine Walker sits
NEW YORK – Coast Guard Cutter Katherine Walker sits moored to the pier at Naval Weapons Station Earle in Leonardo, New Jersey, on March 1, 2017. CGC Katherine Walker helped to establish new buoys around the pie... More
Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Jordan Swisher
Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Jordan Swisher works aboard Coast Guard Cutter Clamp while underway in Sabine Pass in Port Arthur, Texas, Oct. 12, 2020. Petty Officer Swisher is a part of the construction d... More
Seaman Teagle enjoys his first full day aboard the
Seaman Teagle enjoys his first full day aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Walnut (WLB 205) Oct. 17, 2017, in American Samoa, among his new Coast Guard family. Originally from Seattle, he travelled to American ... More
AIDS TO NAVIGATION - US Coast Guard photo
A buoy refurbishing worker cleans a buoy with a high-power blaster. U.S. COAST GUARD PHOTO
AIDS TO NAVIGATION - US Coast Guard photo
Coast Guard crew checks the panels of a buoy. U.S. COAST GUARD PHOTO
AIDS TO NAVIGATION, US Coast Guard Photo
Portsmouth, VA (May 4)--A stack of buoys sit in storage at the Integrated Support Command in Portsmouth, Va. USCG photo by PA3 Kimberly Wilder
COAST GUARD CUTTER ELDERBERRY (WLI 65401)
JUNEAU, Alaska (Mar. 27)--The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Elderberry (WLI 65401) prepare to set seasonal buoys along the Mendenhall Bar. USCG photo by PA3 Christopher Grisafe
AIDS TO NAVIGATION - U.S. Coast guard photo
JACKSONVILE, Fla. (Sept. 24, 2004)--Petty Officer 1st Class Red Rankin (BM1) uses hand signals to help guide the crane operator. The buoy will be safely lowered into the ocean for years of reliable service June... More
ANT Saugerties readies Hudson River for ice
NEW YORK - Petty Officer 2nd Class William Monroe, a buoy deck supervisor at Coast Guard Aids to Navigation Team Saugerties, gives hand signals to the crane operator during an aid to navigation evolution along ... More
Ball-diamond-ball, USCGC Alder conducts ATON
Members of the Coast Guard Cutter Alder, a 225-foot seagoing buoy tender, retrieve buoys in the Keweenaw Waterway near Houghton, Mich., Nov. 17, 2013. The cutter is participating in Operation Fall Retrieve, whe... More
A week in the life 2015, Alaska
Petty Officer 3rd Class Bethany Scott, an electrician's mate from Aids to Navigation Team Kodiak, Alaska, repairs a VLB-44 land navigation light Sept. 30, 2015. With Alaska's vast and challenging environment, A... More
Petty Officer 1st Class Michael Sukohl, a food service
Petty Officer 1st Class Michael Sukohl, a food service specialist aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Fir, a 225-foot seagoing buoy tender homeported in Astoria, Ore., gives instruction to Fireman Nicholas Reed durin... More
A 49-foot Buoy Utility Stern Loading (BUSL) boat from
A 49-foot Buoy Utility Stern Loading (BUSL) boat from Aids to Navigation Team Southwest Harbor gets underway to perform maintenance on a buoy, Thursday, Aug. 31, 2017 near Southwest Harbor, Maine. The ANT South... More
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter James Rankin crewmembers remove
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter James Rankin crewmembers remove the Francis Scott Key buoy from the Patapsco River in Baltimore to prepare for the winter season, Dec. 3, 2018. The specially designed buoy marks the spot... More
Coast Guard crew members from Station Panama City and
Coast Guard crew members from Station Panama City and the crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Vice, a 75-foot Class Inland Construction Tender assist Panama City residents after the wake of Hurricane Michael, Tuesda... More
Coast Guard Aids to Navigation Team, New Orleans maintains
Coast Guard Aids to Navigation Team, New Orleans maintains aids to navigation on the Mississippi River. Aids to Navigation units are vital during times of high water to keep the buoys, lights and dayboards up t... More